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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
 
Many thanks to my wife, Seana Davidson, who is not only my constant support and companion, but also my collaborator in the generation of ideas, the first reader of my early drafts, and a sensitive critic. Every writer needs a critic who is sympathetic to his or her moods and emotions; Seana is perceptive and resolute without being excessively harsh or overly lenient.
Credit should also go to Mike Mulvihill for his expert development of the Shadowrun
universe, and especially for his help on the plots and characters in this trilogy. I’d also like to thank Jonathan Bond, Marsh Cassady, Jim Kitchen, Nicole Lindell, and Tom Lindell for their insightful critiques of the manuscript. And finally, my appreciation goes to Donna Ippolito at FASA and to Jenni Smith at ROC for producing an excellent line of Shadowrun
novels.
 
 
 
 
 
DEDICATION
 
For Mom and Dad...
who taught me how to learn,
showed me how to live,
and instilled in me the drive to realize my dreams.
 
 
 
 
 
PROLOGUE
 
The year is 2057.
Magic has returned to the earth after an absence of many thousands of years. What the Mayan calendar called the Fifth World has given way to the Sixth, a new cycle of magic, marked by the waking of the great dragon Ryumyo in the year 2011. The Sixth World is an age of magic and technology. An
Awakened age.
The rising magic has caused the earth to Awaken. The archaic races have re-emerged. Metahumanity. First came the elves, tall and slender with pointed ears and almond eyes. They were born to human parents just as were dwarfs shortly thereafter. Then later came the orks and the trolls, some born changed, like elves and dwarfs, but others goblinized—transformed from human form into their true nature as the rising magic activated their DNA. Manifesting as larger bodies, heavily muscled with tusked mouths and warty skin.
Even the most ancient and intelligent of beings, the great dragons, have come out of their long hiding. Only a few of these creatures are known to exist, and most of them have chosen a life of isolation and secrecy. But some, able to assume human form, have integrated themselves into the affairs of metahumanity. They have used their ancient intellect, their powerful magic, and their innate cunning to ascend to positions of power. One is known to own and run Saeder-Krupp—the largest megacorporation in the world. Another—Dunkelzahn—claims to seek the improvement of the metahuman condition and has just been elected to the presidency ............

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